Who will win this week?

More than 15,000 votes were cast in the weekly Player of the Week voting, as fans selected the top football performances from the Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, Tuscaloosa and Montgomery areas.

Voting began Sunday evening and ran through noon on Wednesday. This season, for the first time, the players of the week are selected exclusively from your fan vote. Winners will be unveiled each Friday in the Football High tab and online.

Here are the results of this week's polls:

MOBILE

Saraland quarterback Jay Ward is the first AL.com Mobile/Coastal Alabama football player of the Week for the 2013 season. Ward, selected in an online vote on AL.com/highschool that included more than 7,500 votes, connected on 6-of-9 passes for 197 yards in a 52-12 win at Faith Academy.

The award will be determined solely by online voting each week, and here’s a look at this week’s balloting:

Player, School

% of vote

Jay Ward, Saraland

49.02%

Jamarcus Ezell, Choctaw County

31.80%

Tranealius Abrams, Blount

7.02%

Tony Bridges, McGill-Toolen

5.84%

Troy Dixon, UMS-Wright

3.49%

Earnest Andrews, Fairhope

2.82%

HUNTSVILLE

Priceville’s Ben Patterson is the first AL.com Huntsville/Tennesee Valley football player of the Week for the 2013 season. Patterson, selected in an online vote on AL.com/highschool that included more than 4,900 votes, scored on a 75-yard kickoff return and a 55-yard punt return as the Bulldogs beat West Morgan 48-35.

The award will be determined solely by online voting each week, and here’s a look at this week’s balloting:

Player, School

% of vote

Ben Patterson, Priceville

34.21%

Cole Guffey, Hazel Green

27.05%

Lorenzo James, Sparkman

16.23%

Tyler Whalen, Bob Jones

11.41%

Morgan Finley, Madison County:

5.82%

Desmon Turner, Fort Payne

5.29%

BIRMINGHAM

Shades Valley’s Keith Mixon is the first AL.com Birmingham football player of the Week for the 2013 season. Mixon, selected in an online vote on AL.com/highschool that included more than 1,000 votes, scored four TDs in the 38-15 victory over Oak Mountain. Mixon caught seven passes for 159 yards, including TD receptions of 32 and 65 yards, all in the first half. He also ran for a 71-yard touchdown, finishing with 89 yards on four carries.

The award will be determined solely by online voting each week, and here’s a look at this week’s balloting:

Player, School

% of vote

Keith Mixon, Shades Valley

46.91%

Charles Buchannon, Pleasant Grove

30.26%

Otis Harris, Spain Park

16.37%

Ronnie Clark, Calera

6.47%

MONTGOMERY

Montgomery Academy’s Justin Woolfork is the first Montgomery football player of the Week for the 2013 season. Woolfork, selected in an online vote on AL.com/highschool that included more than 500 votes, ran for 214 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries in a 28-13 victory over St. James.

The award will be determined solely by online voting each week, and here’s a look at this week’s balloting:

Player, School

% of vote

Justin Woolfolk, Montgomery Academy

47.97%

Marcellus Butler, Eufaula

38.10%

Mac Wilson, Carver-Montgomery

5.42%

Chip Taylor, Fort Dale Academy

4.64%

Reggie Hall, Opelika

2.32%

Taylor Hawthorne, Edgewood Academy

1.55%

TUSCALOOSA

Pickens Academy’s Josh Lewis is the first AL.com Tuscaloosa football player of the Week for the 2013 season. Lewis, selected in an online vote on AL.com/highschool that included more than 1,300 votes, completed 10 of 15 passes for 192 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 116 yards on 14 carries with a 60-yard score 24-8 victory over Sparta Academy. On defense, Lewis made six tackles and recovered a fumble.

The award will be determined solely by online voting each week, and here’s a look at this week’s balloting: